Re: lldb support

[Stefan Monnier]

> I don't think the aim is to replace GNU packages, but to give everyone
> better tools.  Without the GNU packages none of it would have been possible.

There's a long history between Apple, GCC, and the GPL.
So, yes, Apple's investment into LLVM was specifically to avoid the GPL.

But LLVM (and surrounding tools) exists independently from Apple.

> You have to understand that these sort of tactics simply don't work: none
> of these users will switch to GDB just because Emacs does not support the
> alternative. They will simply write the code in emacs and debug it outside
> emacs, so the result is actually the opposite of what you want (the users
> using GNU tools all the time).

Indeed.  By avoiding LLVM/Clang/... we're just harming
ourselves, AFAICT.


        Stefan